The Great Depression Begins

As a result of the stock market crash, some banks suffered more losses than they could handle &

The Depression had roots in the economy of the 1920s, included overproduction, high tariffs

The stock market took its steepest dive on Oct. 29, 1929, the day now known as

Thousands of WWI veterans came to Washington DC, in 1932 to lobby Congress to

Buying on the margin was a method of buying stocks

At the time of the stock market crash, the government didn't insure deposits, so

Stock prices first began to decline in late 1929 because

During the Great Depression, most people enjoyed which popular forms of entertainment?

Farmers on the Great Plains began to lose their crops during the Great Depression because

As creditors foreclosed on nearly one million farms between 1930-1934, some farmers

This was set up in 1932 to allow the government to make loans to business

Making investments in hopes that prices would continue to rise

this was reluctantly signed by President Hoover to supply relief funds to the states

During the Great Depression, newly homeless people put shacks called

stockbroker's demand for immediate repayment of a loan used to buy stock

The first feature length animated film was

President Hoover didn't want the government to create as many new jobs because it would require

During the Depression, charities set up __ to give poor people meals.

The biggest drop of the 1929 stock market crash

In 1932 President Hoover asked Congress to set up the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to

In search of work or a better life, many unemployed people

During the 1930s, many Americans preferred movies, radio, & forms of popular entertainment that

President Hoover hoped that increasing government funding for public works projects would

__ invested in stocks, betting that the market would climb so that they would make a profit

President Hoover opposed direct federal relief to the unemployed because he believed that

To portray life around them, artists and writers of the 1930s often used __ as subjects.

The stock market crash weakened the banks because

When depositors decide to withdraw their money at one time

When the Senate voted down a bill that promised an immediate $1000 bonus to each veteran of WWI

companies make more goods than people can buy, causing a decrease in sales

President Hoover's image was tarnished by the rout of the Bonus Marchers and

A long period of rising stock prices

Stockbrokers made loans that allowed investors to buy stocks;could issue a __ to protect loans.